Top 10 Service Center Equipment Brands From the Staff of Metal Center News MATERIAL HANDLING. MCN’s #1 Service Center Brand PROBLEM SOLVING. For Material Handling Equipment Material Handling Leading makers of automated storage and retrieval systems, racks, shelving, coil-handling equipment, conveyors, cranes, magnetic lifters and other devices. Before ReNEW Bushman - Bushman Equipment, Inc., 1 Menomonee Falls, Wis.: cranes, below-the-hook lifting devices, floor-based upenders, inverters, lift trucks and coil cars, www.bushman.com. Butech - Butech Bliss, Salem, Ohio: 6 coil cars, stacker lift tables, coil and sheet runout After Caldwell - The Caldwell Group, Inc., Rockford, conveyors, coil upenders, www.butechbliss.com. ReNEW 2 Ill.: lifting and spreader beams, plate and sheet handling, coil handling, clamps, grabs, tongs, jibs, Steel Storage - Steel Storage Systems, gantries, hoists, slings, accessories, 7 Commerce City, Colo.: racks, conveyor systems, Grip it. Lift it. Tip it. Move it. Safely! www.caldwellinc.com. custom handling systems, parts tumbler, beam rotator, or Repair/Refurbish it with Our ReNEW Services www.steelstorage.com. Konecranes/Morris/P&H - Konecranes, Since 1950 Bushman Equipment has 3 Springfield, Ohio: overhead cranes, hoists and lifting Kasto - Kasto Inc., Export, Pa.: automatic storage BELOW-THE-HOOK devices, www.konecranesusa.com. 8 and retrieval systems, bar/linear storage systems, manufactured custom-engineered • C-Hooks • Rotating Axis Grabs sheet metal storage systems, www.kasto.com/us. solutions with a heavy duty emphasis • Coil Grabs • Spreader & Lifting Beams Combilift - Combilift, Greensboro, N.C.: forklifts on effi ciency, safety and return on • Flip-Rites • Sheet & Plate Lifters • Looping Pit Scrap • Special Process Lifters 4 and sideloaders for a wide range of applications, Gorbel - Gorbel, Fishers, N.Y.: workstation your investment. www.combilift.com. 9 cranes, jib cranes, gantry cranes, Cleveland Grapples (Pit Bull™) • Tongs Tramrail overhead cranes, www.gorbel.com. We specialize in rugged, built-to- FLOOR-BASED Coiltech - Coiltech, Schiller Park, Ill.: slit coil order Below-the-Hook lifting devices • Coil Tippers • Transfer Cars packaging systems, power roller conveyor, Walker Magnetics - Walker Magnetics, and Floor-Based material handling 5 • Jib Cranes • Upenders strapping machines, I.D. coil grabs, coil stackers, 10 Worcester, Mass.: permanent, electromagnetic, equipment. • Load Inverters coil-sorting turntables, pallet banding stations, weigh electro-permanent magnets for lifting, workholding, stations, www.coiltechcorp.com. clamping, separation, www.walkermagnet.com. 14 ❘ Metal Center News — May 2020 www.metalcenternews.com BUSHMAN.COM • 8003387810 Top 10 Service Center Equipment Brands Coil Processing Leading makers of coil levelers, slitters, cut-to-length lines, multi-blanking lines, straighteners, edge conditioners, shears, press brakes and accessories. Braner - Braner USA, Inc., Schiller Park, Ill.: Delta Steel Technologies - Delta Steel 1 slitting, slit-coil packaging, leveling, cut-to-length, 6 Technologies, Irving, Texas: slitting, cut-to-length, multi-blanking, coil winding, www.braner.com. temper mill, galvanizing, painting and coating, shearing, leveling, rolling mills, www.deltasteeltech.com.. Red Bud - Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, Ill.: 2 cut-to-length, blanking, multi-blanking, slitting, Leveltek - Leveltek International, Benwood, coil-to-coil leveling, coil loading, stretcher leveling, 7 W.Va.: stretch leveling systems for retrofit and new www.redbudindustries.com. light to heavy gauge cut-to-length and coil-to-coil lines, www.leveltekint.com.. Butech - Butech Bliss, Salem, Ohio: 3 cut-to-length, roller and stretcher leveling, Pro-Eco - SMS Group, Pittsburgh: slitting multi-blanking, shearing, pickling, extrusion equipment, 8 equipment, www.sms-group.us.. scrap choppers, www.butechbliss.com. Chicago Slitter - Chicago Slitter, Itasca, Ill.: Andritz Herr-Voss - ANDRITZ Herr-Voss 9 coil slitting, blanking, cut-to-length lines, 4 Stamco, Callery, Pa.: leveling, slitting, cut-to-length, www.chicagoslitter.com.. blanking, tension leveling, rebuilding/retrofitting, www.herr-voss.com. Alcos - Alcos Machinery Inc., Newmarket, 10 Ontario: slitting, cut-to-length, multi-blanking, Bradbury - The Bradbury Group, Moundridge, press blanking, coil packaging, leveling, coil coating, 5 Kan.: light- and heavy-gauge leveling, slitting, www.alcos.com.. cut-to-length, shearing, stacking equipment, www.bradburygroup.com.. 16 ❘ Metal Center News — May 2020 www.metalcenternews.com Top 10 Service Center Equipment Brands Sawing Leading makers of band saws, plate saws, circular saws, blades, cutting fluids and accessories. Amada Marvel - Amada Machinery America 1 Inc., Oshkosh, Wis.: vertical tilt-frame band saws, bundle cutting saws, horizontal scissor-style band saws, horizontal post-style saws, carbide circular saws, hori- zontal billet saws, horizontal mitering saws, ironworkers, replacement parts, blades, www.amadamca.com. Behringer Saws - Behringer 6 Saws, Inc., Morgantown, Pa.: horizontal DoALL - DoALL Sawing Products, Minneapolis: band saws, horizontal miter band saws, vertical 2 vertical contour band saws, horizontal band saws, plate saws, hack saws, circular cold saws, structural miter-cutting saws, structural saws, vertical tilt-frame fabricating equipment, material handling, saws, circular saws, blades, cutting fluids, www.behringersaws.com. www.doallsaws.com. Cosen Saws - Charlotte, N.C., horizontal HYDMECH - HYDMECH Group, Ltd., Woodstock, 7 scissors saws, horizontal miter saws, horizontal 3 Ontario: double miter band saws, horizontal band column saws, vertical contour saws, vertical tilt frame saws, horizontal pivot band saws, vertical tilt-frame band saws, vertical plate, circular saws, www.cosensaws.com. saws, CNSC carbide saws, circular cold saws, material handling, www.hydmech.com. Starrett - L.S. Starrett Co., Athol, Mass.: band 8 saw blades, PTA and hand saw blades, KASTO - KASTO, Inc., Export, Pa.: a wide range www.starrett.com. 4 of automatic and semi-automatic band saws, hack saws, circular saws and related material handling MetlSaw - MetlSaw, Benicia, Calif.: precision equipment, www.kasto.com. 9 metal sawing machines and automation for industrial use, www.metlsaw.com. HE&M Saw - HE&M Saw, Inc., Pryor, Okla.: band 5 saws in vertical, horizontal pivot, horizontal miter, Peddinghaus - Peddinghaus Corp., dual column, flange, plate and CNC carbide 10 Bradley, Ill.: band saws, miter saws, thermal configurations, metalworking fluids, material handling cutting systems, drill lines, plate processors, equipment, www.hemsaw.com. ironworkers, www.peddinghaus.com. 18 ❘ Metal Center News — May 2020 www.metalcenternews.com Top 10 Service Center Equipment Brands Software Manufacturers of ERP systems for the metal distribution industry. Enmark - Enmark Systems, Ann Arbor, Mich.: 1 maker of Eniteo, a Windows-based solution for Crowe - Crowe, Indianapolis: makers of Crowe metal service centers, www.enmark.com. 6 Metals Accelerator software, www.crowe.com. Invera - Invera, Dallas: producer of STRATIX, a ontrak - ontrak Software LLC, Indian Head, S.C.: 2 steel and metal industry software for service centers 7 makers of ontrak metals, a software as a service and processors, www.invera.com. system, www.ontrak.com. 4GL - 4GL Solutions, Stouffville, Ontario: maker of Metal-Pro - Business Automation, Orange, 3 Steel Manager III, a customized ERP software 8 Calif.: Metal-Pro is a fully integrated software program for metal service centers, www.4glsol.com. solution for distributors, processors, fabricators and manufacturers, www.metal-pro.com. Bayern - Bayern Software, Carmel, Ind.: maker 4 of SteelPlus, an ERP application for metal service SYSPRO - SYSPRO, Costa Mesa, Calif.: maker centers, www.bayernsoftware.com. 9 of customized ERP software for manufacturers and distributors, us.syspro.com. Paragon Consulting Services - 5 Paragon Consulting Services, York, Pa.: makers RealSTEEL - Wolcott Group, Medina, Ohio: of Metalware, MetalNet and MetalWeb systems, 10 RealSTEEL ERP software is designed for service www.paragon-csi.com. centers and fabricators, www.realsteelsoftware.com. 20 ❘ Metal Center News — May 2020 www.metalcenternews.com Top 10 Service Center Equipment Brands Cutting Leading makers of oxyfuel, plasma, laser and waterjet cutting systems and accessories.. Hypertherm - Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, N.H.: Flow - Flow, Kent, Wash.: makers of waterjet 1 plasma, laser, waterjet cutting equipment, software, 10 cutting machines and pump technology, controls, consumables, www.hypertherm.com. www.flowwaterjet.com. Trumpf - Trumpf, Inc., Farmington, 2 Conn.: laser cutting, sheet metal fabrication machinery, www.us.trumpf.com. Thank you for voting us the #1 cutting brand Mazak - Mazak Optonics 3 Corp., Elgin, Ill.: advanced laser cutting systems, CNC controls, automation, www.mazakoptonics.com. Messer - Messer Cutting 4 Systems, Menomonee Falls, Wis.: CNC laser, plasma, oxyfuel cutting systems, www.messer-cs.com. ESAB - ESAB Cutting PLASMA. PRECISELY. 5 Systems, Annapolis Junction, Md.: CNC laser, plasma, oxyfuel, waterjet cutting machines, welding equipment, controls, www.esabna.com. Amada - Amada America, 6 Inc., Buena Park, Calif.: laser cutting systems, punch presses, punch-laser combinations, press brakes, bending automation, www.amada.com/america. Cincinnati - Cincinnati, Inc., 7 Harrison, Ohio: laser cutters, shears, press brakes, PM presses, 3D printing, software, automation, www.e-ci.com.